Boot or shoe



(No Model.)

L. E; MOORE.

A vBOOT 0R SHOE. No. 275.248.

Patentd Apr. 3,1883.

N. PETERS. Phono-ummm, wmingmn. n.c.

UNITED STATES ATENT Finca.

LEE E. MOORE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL WATERPROOF SHOE COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,248, dated April 3, 1883.

Application tiled January 2D, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Bc it known that I, LEE E. MOORELof Boston, county of Suiolk, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement 5 in Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, in which- Figure l is a section across the fore part of ro my shoe after it has been lasted, showing the welt, upper, and insole secured together. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail, showing the position ofthe parts while being sewed. Fig. 3 is also a detail, showing the outsole secured in place. Fig. 4 is the re-enforced inner sole ready for lasting.

The object of my invention is to secure a superior boot or shoe, and, when machinesewed, at a cost less than that at which the zo same goods are now produced; and this I am enabled to do by the method of construction which I employ, as well as by the peculiar features of the parts used.

My invention will be best understood by explaining the method of construction, using letters of reference to the drawings.

A is the inner sole, which isere-enforced by a layer, k, which may be of woven or felted fabric, or rubber and fabric combined, secured 3o (by paste or otherwise) tothelower side. The edge of the inner sole is slit, (see Fig. 4,) thus forming two aps, b and c, the lower of which, b, is pressed back, as shown, while the stock is moist, and allowed to dry in this position.

It will be obvious that a compound inner 'sole made up of two pieces secured together except at the edges would have clearly the ef feet of a single sole split at the edges in my invention. The re-enforce of rubber or of wo- 40 veu or i'elted fabric, or of rubber and fabric combined, may be ot' any desired thickness or strength, and thus a cheaper inner sole may be used in a shoe of my construction than would be possible without the re-enforce. The strength of the lower tlap, b, to hold the threads when a cheap inner sole is used will lie chiefly in the backing or re-enforce. This re-enforce also adds largely to the water-proof character of the shoe, and when rubber or its 5o compounds is used a water-proof boot or shoe is obtained.

After the inner sole is lasted the upper B and lining d are applied, the edge of the upper being carried over the upper or inside flap, c, and against the lower Hap, I), at the point where the stitehesn pass through. (See Fig.2.) If a welt, m, is used, it is then placed with its exposed side against the upper and its inner edge lying substantially parallel to the lower flap, b,- and in this position (shown in Fig. 2) 6o the iap b, together with its cloth or other reenforce, the upper, and the inner edge of the welt are secured together, preferably by stitches, although, as Will be obvious, metallic fastenings may be used. After sewing, the

-ap is hammered down.

It will he noticed that the parts to be sewed are in such position thatit'a machine is used it may have either a straight or bent needle; and itsewed by hand, by the use of the corn- 7o mon awl, the work is so free and simple that an inexperienced workman may do it perfectly and very quickly. Stitches of twice the ordinary length may also be safely used, which adds to the speed of the work, and when the welt is turned down to meet the projecting edgef of the upper, and both are secured to the outer sole, as shown at h, Fig. 3, the rst line of stitches is entirely concealed and protected. A filling may be inserted between the 8e cloth re-enforee and the outer sole, ifrequired. The outer sole, D, is then placed in position and secured, as stated, directly to the welt and upper, as shown at h, Fig. 3. The boot or shoe is then finished in the well-known manner. .y

l/Vhat l claim isl. An inner sole split at its edge, with one Hap ofthe split edge turned to form a flange,

b, and a re-enforce of fabric or of fabric and gov rubber covering the bottom of the sole and reeuforcing the llanges b, substantially as described.

2. A boot or shoe having an inner sole reeuforeed on the bottom with fabric or fabric and rubber combined, in combination with au outturned upper or upper and Welt secured to a portion of the re-enforced sole, substantiall y as described.

LEE E. MOORE.

Witnesses:

WM. A. MAcLEoD, ROBERT WALLACE. 

